We enjoyed Sun Ae Kim’s participation last year in the RCA Biennial Research Exhibition, not just for the novelty of free beer jelly, but for the lovely ceramic drinking cups and bowls. So we’re looking forward to her first solo show, at Mokspace, from 6 March. Sun Ae Kim: Quotidian 6th – 22nd March 2014 … [Read More]
Visual arts, crafts, design, fashion (page 60)
Chung Heeseung: Inadequate Metaphors, at HADA Contemporary
The next show coming up at HADA Contemporary: Chung Heeseung: Inadequate Metaphors 6 – 30 March 2014 HADA Contemporary | 21 Vyner Street | London | E2 9DG Wednesday – Friday: 11am – 6pm | Saturday – Sunday: 11am – 4pm www.hadacontemporary.com HADA Contemporary is delighted to present first UK solo exhibition by Chung Heeseung … [Read More]
Hyein Seo wins Best Designer
Congratulations to Hyein Seo, whose work is currently showing in the K-Fashion Odyssey exhibition at the KCC. She has won the British Council and British Fashion Council’s International Fashion Showcase Emerging Talent Award 2014 for Best Designer. Sources: KCCUK | British Fashion Council [Read More]
Hwang Seon-tae: Sunlight — for Shine Artists at Albemarle Gallery
Hwang Seon-tae was the surprise newcomer in Shine’s 2013 Korean Collective show at Albemarle Gallery whose placid interiors rather stole the show. So it’s good that he is being featured again: Hwang Seon Tae | SUNLIGHT 6 March – 2 April 2014 Shine Artists | Albemarle Gallery | 49 Albemarle Street | London, W1S 4JR … [Read More]
Bae Joonsung: The Costume of the Painter – at Albemarle Gallery
Bae Joonsung returns to the Albemarle Gallery for a solo show: BAE JOONSUNG: The Costume of the Painter 6 March – 2 April 2014 Albemarle Gallery, 49 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4JR, www.albemarlegallery.com Mon – Fri 10-6 | Sat 10-4 Bae Joonsung (born 1967 Kwangju, Korea) continues his highly acclaimed series ‘The Costume of the … [Read More]
Symposium: A Banquet of Korean Contemporary Art — The 6th Exhibition by 4482 (Sasapari)
Sasapari, a group show with usually more than 40 artists, is a phenomenal organisational feat. Hence it’s hardly a surprise if one year – as in 2013 – they take a break. But they’re back again this year, and once again 40 artists will be taking over the Bargehouse. Given the break, there are a … [Read More]
Dari Bae in Hanmi Gallery group exhibition: ARE YOU OK?
Hanmi Gallery’s 32nd interim exhibition is a group show which includes work by Dari Bae. Following the success of Hanmi’s participation in Art14, this exhibition has been extended to 16 March. ARE YOU OK? Hanmi Gallery | 30 Maple Street | London | W1T 6HA | www.hanmigallery.co.uk 24 Monday February – 9 Sunday 16 March … [Read More]
Buy a Haegue Yang print for £150, courtesy of the London Underground
I completely missed this little project when it was launched in May last year. But yesterday morning on my daily commute to work I noticed an advertisement for it in Westminster tube station which I hadn’t spotted before. As the escalator carried me away to the Jubilee line, I turned to browse the lists of … [Read More]
Hanmi Gallery at Art14
As we noted in December last year, Hanmi Gallery is in the Emerge section of Art14. Here are further details of what to expect at Hanmi’s stand: Set in Motion Yingmei Duan | Junebum Park | Sungfeel Yun EMERGE -‐ Stand EM10 Olympia Grand Hall, Hammersmith Rd, London W14 8UX 27TH FEBRUARY – 2ND MARCH … [Read More]
K-Fashion talk at the KCC, Friday 14 Feb
As part of the KCC’s participation in London Fashion Week events, four of the designers exhibiting in the K-Fashion Odyssey are doing a talk at 4pm this Friday. As usual, pre-registration is required. K-Fashion Odyssey: Artist Talk Party The Korean Cultural Centre UK cordially invites you to the Artist Talk Party of K-Fashion Odyssey. Friday … [Read More]
Heeseon Byun: Shorthand, At Mokspace
The first exhibition of the New Year at Mokspace opens on 13 February: Heeseon Byun: Shorthand 13th February – 1st March 2014 Opening night: Thursday 13th February 2014, 6.30 – 8pm M O K S P A C E | 33 MUSEUM STREET | LONDON | WC1A 1LH | www.mokspace.com Tuesday – Saturday : 11 … [Read More]
Looking back at 2013: Domestic news
Our final look back at 2013, including a random collection of news stories, mainly domestic, that caught our attention. In the news Asiana Airlines flight 214 from Incheon crashed on landing at San Francisco airport on 6 July. The Boeing 777 had approached the runway too low and too slow. An American local TV station … [Read More]
Lyoo Songnyeo wins ArtGemini Prize 2013
Congratulations to Lyoo Songnyeo for winning the painting section of the ArtGemini prize, a new international competition started in 2013. Lyoo is based in Frankfurt and participated in a group show of Buddhist-themed art at Mokspace in 2011 (LKL review here). Her winning work can be seen at Rebecca Hossack gallery in Conway Street until … [Read More]
Korean Designers at London Fashion Week 2014
The first scheduled event of London Fashion Week this year is a catwalk show featuring the Autumn / Winter 2014 collection of Jackie Lee (J. JS Lee), at 9am on 14 February. DESIGNER NAME: Jackie Lee BACKGROUND: Born in Seoul, Korea, Lee spent five years working as a Senior Pattern Cutter in Seoul and two … [Read More]
Kim Ha-young at 43 Inverness Street
The first new show of the new year at 43 Inverness Street features new work by Kim Ha-young. HaYoung Kim 21 FEBRUARY – 22 MARCH 2014 PV: 20 February 6 -9 pm 43 Inverness Street, London, NW1 7HB OPENING HOURS: FRI AND SAT 12-6PM OR BY APPOINTMENT “These works are to be seen as the … [Read More]
Bada Song: Ta-iL, at the Agency Gallery
News of an exhibition by Bada Song at the Agency Gallery this month: Bada Song: Ta-iL the Agency Gallery, 66 Evelyn Street London SE8 5DD, www.theagencygallery.co.uk 25th Jan 2014 – 1st March 2014 Preview 24th January, 6-9pm Wed-Sat 10.30am – 6pm Last Fridays of the Month 10.30am – 8pm The Agency is pleased to present … [Read More]